Former Vice President Joe Biden’s physical and cognitive condition has deteriorated to the point that he is incapable of serving as President of the United States if he is elected on November 3, 2020, and is inaugurated on January 20, 2021.

For the sake of the country and out of genuine respect for Biden’s decades of public service, the Democrat Party must select a replacement presidential candidate before the party’s nominating  convention begins on August 17, 2020, in Milwaukee.

Everyone who chooses to vote in the November 3, 2020, presidential election is entitled to reasonably expect that one of the nominees on their ballot will be the President of the United States inaugurated on January 20, 2021.  If there is a pre-election bait-and-switch scheme to elect Biden but then have him immediately resign after election or inauguration, those who voted for Biden would rightly feel that their vote had been fraudulently and deceptively solicited and obtained.

The Democrats need to do the right thing.  Choosing competent presidential and vice-presidential nominees at their convention is essential.  The voters on November 3, 2020, are entitled to know that the President of the United States inaugurated on January 20, 2021, will have been duly elected by voters and not be a figurehead for a shadow government selected by party power brokers.